hello everyone
I Just got a new room-mate & the three of us share an LAN.
The new roommate's got a top-of the-line model with all the bells & whistles, meanwhile I'm running a Pentium rII processor.
96MB RAM.... Windows 98se
Before the new guy plugged in & turned on -- I was avg d/l's at 50kps using Bell Sympatico HS edition-- 50+k=AVG!
Now I max out at 5kps, my avg is 3kps -- I haven't seen anything more than 10 kps since he moved in & turned on. -- when he does turn-off which is never -- the speed goes back to normal... but that kind of drop in performance is too much don't you agree? It's a ridiculous drop in performance.. At this rate, I'd be better off with dial-up & a 15k modem!
I've never had this problem with any other room-mate's, or my consistant room-mate EVER in the past -- what's going on?
a) How can I speed things up on this LAN, it's driving me crazy -- I can go take a crap & come back before a page gets downloaded! HELP!
b) Could the new neighbor be using his computer as a supernode? etc?
c) How can I combat this situation?
ANY help is greatly appreciated... aside from the assumed "Upgrade yer 'puter" -- there's no way I can compete with this new guy's computer -- it's outrageous -- it's the kind you see in police busts.
please
thank's for the help
sharpie
I Just got a new room-mate & the three of us share an LAN.
The new roommate's got a top-of the-line model with all the bells & whistles, meanwhile I'm running a Pentium rII processor.
96MB RAM.... Windows 98se
Before the new guy plugged in & turned on -- I was avg d/l's at 50kps using Bell Sympatico HS edition-- 50+k=AVG!
Now I max out at 5kps, my avg is 3kps -- I haven't seen anything more than 10 kps since he moved in & turned on. -- when he does turn-off which is never -- the speed goes back to normal... but that kind of drop in performance is too much don't you agree? It's a ridiculous drop in performance.. At this rate, I'd be better off with dial-up & a 15k modem!
I've never had this problem with any other room-mate's, or my consistant room-mate EVER in the past -- what's going on?
a) How can I speed things up on this LAN, it's driving me crazy -- I can go take a crap & come back before a page gets downloaded! HELP!
b) Could the new neighbor be using his computer as a supernode? etc?
c) How can I combat this situation?
ANY help is greatly appreciated... aside from the assumed "Upgrade yer 'puter" -- there's no way I can compete with this new guy's computer -- it's outrageous -- it's the kind you see in police busts.
please
thank's for the help
sharpie